Senior Associate Software Development Engineer, Workday

Big Data Services

CA$92-138k

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Scala

Java

Ruby

Hadoop

Spark

Junior and Mid level

Vancouver

More information about location

Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT

Job no longer available

Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Job no longer available

CA$92-138k

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Scala

Java

Ruby

Hadoop

Spark

Junior and Mid level

Vancouver

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Company mission

To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

2+ years experience in software development engineering, preferably within a SaaS environment
2+ years of distributed systems engineering experience, primarily in Java and Python
Experience with one or more of the following: Scala, Python, Ruby
Knowledge of enterprise security, encryption at-rest and in-motion, authentication and authorization
Good understanding of how Hadoop/Spark clusters work
Familiar with distributed computing design patterns
Familiar with agentic software development
Experience deploying to Kubernetes and Docker
General knowledge about public cloud capabilities and architecture
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

What the job involves

Welcome to the Big Data Services team! We are responsible for the Big Data Platform that serves Workday analytics and machine-learning applications running in our private data centers, AWS, and GCP
We provide a highly-available, highly-scalable data services platform related to persistence, compute and enterprise security
Our services enable Workday to quickly and efficiently scale to meet the needs of our multi-billion-dollar customer base. We are crucial to the Workday Analytics family of products
We power reporting, analytics, machine learning, and other data-centric applications. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we do things
The Workday Big Data Platform team is seeking enthusiastic, innovative, self-motivated engineers to craft and implement outstanding solutions in one of the biggest hybrid-cloud environments on Earth
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting our fault-tolerant, high-performance platform for data analytics
Develop scalable solutions for both Workday private data centers and public cloud
Rapidly build new applications and automate operations on one of the largest big data clusters on Earth
Modernize our on-premise Hadoop infrastructure to provide public-cloud-like services
Work on multiple types of software development including REST services, logging/monitoring, and DevOps
Collaborate with other team members to deliver innovative tools that solve challenging problems
Improve our teams technical capabilities by applying cutting-edge technologies
Serve in an on-call rotation for handling urgent production issues

Our take

Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.

The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.

Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, Workday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

Trustpilot (1.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Oct 2011

$85m

SERIES F

Apr 2009

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $215.3m

Company HQ

Pleasanton, CA

Leadership

Aneel Bhusri

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Annel began their career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. They then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005.

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